Tischkante

[ˈtɪʃˌkantə]

/[ˈtɪʃˌkantə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tischkante” is uncommon German (frequency #99,180 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,180
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seitlicher Rand eines Tisches

Corpus desk

Index DE-tischkante · Tischkante · German

Tischkante · rank #99,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,180
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tiefkühlkost

Nearest frequency peer: Tiefkühlkost (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Tischkante“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tischkante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tischkante
PropertyValue
HeadwordTischkante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɪʃˌkantə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tischkante“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tischkantefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tiefkühlkost“ (#99,178), „Tonspuren“ (#99,182), „Topfpflanzen“ (#99,183). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tischkante“ bei #99,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tischkante is uncommon German at frequency #99,180 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɪʃˌkantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seitlicher Rand eines Tisches".

Tischkante has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Tischkante, spelled T-I-S-C-H-K-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    seitlicher Rand eines Tisches

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tischkante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Giorgio Silvestri hielt ein Knie gegen die Tischkante gestemmt und balancierte auf den hinteren Beinen des Stuhls.“
  2. „Die Mutter legte Kartoffel und Messer beiseite und umklammerte die Tischkante, dass die Knöchel weiß hervortraten.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tischkante"?
"Tischkante" is spelled T-I-S-C-H-K-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɪʃˌkantə].
What does "Tischkante" mean?
As a noun, "Tischkante" means: seitlicher Rand eines Tisches
How do you pronounce "Tischkante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tischkante" is [ˈtɪʃˌkantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tischkante" come from?
"Tischkante" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tischkante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Testfahrer#99,172Trauschein#99,191taubstumme#99,164tödlichste#99,203

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list